Opinion: US should release Khashoggi files

Get the Full StoryFrom the moment journalist Jamal Khashoggi was executed in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in October, President Donald Trump has been running interference for the Saudi government and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. He has baselessly attributed Khashoggi's killing to rogue actors, denigrated the value of investigations and amplified the prince's self-serving denials. Trump has shown himself so willing to cover for the prince that late last year the Senate felt compelled to pass an extraordinary resolution that directly condemned the monarch-in-waiting for the murder.

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